The consecutive pass record is all his for a rookie. The higher one they were talking about on TV was for all players. They didn't look into the rookie record. I think Warren Moon had 17 or 18 once, but he wasn't a rookie.

SharkHawk wrote:The consecutive pass record is all his for a rookie. The higher one they were talking about on TV was for all players. They didn't look into the rookie record. I think Warren Moon had 17 or 18 once, but he wasn't a rookie.

Actually they were talking a Hawk record, but I'm gonna assume he broke the NFL record cause he's a boss!

SharkHawk wrote:The consecutive pass record is all his for a rookie. The higher one they were talking about on TV was for all players. They didn't look into the rookie record. I think Warren Moon had 17 or 18 once, but he wasn't a rookie.

Since we have a record thread already, I'll go ahead and show the final totals here on Wilson and how he compares to some of the names I came up with (sorted by number of TD's) ...

Best Seasons by a Rookie QB All Time (Sorted by TD’s Thrown) [Final 2012 Stats]

Name

Year

Comp

Att

Comp%

Yards

TD’s

INT’s

QB Rating

1. Russell Wilson

2012

252

393

64.1%

3,118

26

10

100.0

1. Peyton Manning

1998

325

575

56.7%

3,739

26

28

71.2

2. Cam Newton

2011

310

517

60.0%

4,051

21

17

84.5

3. Andrew Luck

2012

339

627

54.1%

4,374

23

18

76.5

4. Robert Griffin III

2012

249

375

66.4%

3,100

20

5

104.1

5. Dan Marino

1983

173

296

58.4%

2,210

20

6

96.0

6. Andy Dalton

2011

300

516

58.1%

3,398

20

13

80.4

7. Tom Brady

2001*

264

413

63.9%

2,843

18

12

86.5

8. Sam Bradford

2010

354

590

60.0%

3,512

18

15

76.5

9. Ben Roethlisberger

2004

196

295

66.4%

2,621

17

11

98.1

10. Matt Ryan

2008

265

434

61.1%

3,440

16

11

87.7

11. Joe Montana

1980*

176

273

64.5%

1,795

15

9

87.8

12. Joe Flacco

2008

257

428

60.0%

2,971

14

12

80.3

13. Brandon Weeden

2012

297

517

57.4%

3,385

14

17

72.6

14. Ryan Tannehill

2012

282

484

58.3%

3,294

12

13

76.1

15. Warren Moon

1984*

259

450

57.6%

3,338

12

14

76.9

16. Rick Mirer

1993

274

486

56.4%

2,833

12

17

67.0

17. Charlie Batch

1998

173

303

57.1%

2,178

11

6

83.5

18. Troy Aikman

1989

155

293

52.9%

1,749

9

18

55.7

19. John Elway

1983

123

259

47.5%

1,663

7

14

54.9

*Montana started 1 game in 1979, so while he wasn’t technically a rookie, 1980 was his first season as a starter. Same thing goes for Tom Brady, as he started 1 game in 2000. Warren Moon technically was a rookie by NFL standards, but he had played 6 seasons in the CFL and powered the Edmonton Eskimos to 5 Grey Cup victories.

Technically, the record books will have Russell Wilson and Peyton Manning tied for most TD's. However, check out his interception numbers and the number of attempts it took him to get to 26 TD's. Fairly impressive body of work there by Wilson. That table also highlights just how special of a rookie QB class this truly is ... and just how much of a passing league this has become.